Passage 4

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In plain words

To Vibhīṣaṇa, who believed, Rāma took the form of God. To Rāvaṇa, who did not believe, He became an enemy. So it is man's own faith and lack of faith that give him joy or sorrow. For man the chief principle is faith. ‘Live by faith,’ the elders said. Without faith we cannot love anything. Only when the faith that this is your mother has grown do you set about loving her. Only when you believe that this is your child do you love him. Divinity arises from faith itself.

Where there is Faith, there is Love Where there is Love, there is Peace Where there is Peace, there is Truth Where there is Truth, there is Bliss Where there is Bliss, there is GOD.

This faith has been giving the teaching we need to reach divinity. But today all teachings are turning into mere outward, showy words.

Do every action to please God, and do your duty

People teach about divinity in a great many ways. But in those who give the teachings, the signs of God, Satya, Prema and Śānti, are not seen at all. We take people to be elders and scholars by their dress, their speech and their looks, but the one in whom the mind has truly changed is the true elder. He is the true scholar. God's whole regard rests on the change of mind. God looks only at the purity of the mind; He does not look at all at a man's strength and abilities or at his positions.

Of whose line was Vālmīki born? In which hamlet was Nanda born? On this earth, how rich was Kucela? What learning had the King of Elephants? On this earth, how old was Dhruva? What strength had Śabarī? How much had Vidura to give away? How clever was the monkey? He yields to those who have Bhakti; what more than this shall I make known, O assembled ones, esteemed for goodness and virtue!